Federal Acquisition Regulation: 8(a) Program

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Defense General Services Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration 48 CFR Part 19 [FAC 2023-06, FAR Case 2021-012, Item III; Docket No. FAR-2021-0012; Sequence No. 1] RIN 9000-AO29 AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement regulatory changes made by the Small Business Administration to update and clarify requirements associated with the 8(a) program. DATES: Effective November 6, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Dana Bowman, Procurement Analyst, at 202-803-3188 or by email at dana.bowman@gsa.gov , for clarification of content. For information pertaining to status or publication schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202-501-4755 or GSARegSec@gsa.gov . Please cite FAC 2023-06, FAR Case 2021-012. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background DoD, GSA, and NASA published a proposed rule at 87 FR 76598 on December 15, 2022, to implement regulatory changes made by the Small Business Administration (SBA), in its final rule published in the Federal Register at 85 FR 66146 on October 16, 2020. SBA initiated a review of its regulations in response to the prior administration's Governmentwide regulatory reform initiative. As a result, SBA revised the 8(a) program regulations to more clearly articulate SBA's…